Improvisation – Upcoming Concerts
Racer Sessions
Sunday, February 15, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Janna Webbon
Sunday, February 22, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
The musicians will improvise while the audience paints primary colors on a person.
Free
The Daphnes
Saturday, March 7, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Hotel Sorrento, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-female unconventional chamber quartet of harp, violin, cello and voice, whose soaring melodies evoke a gypsy folk aesthetic inside a classical chamber ensemble.
Free
Racer Sessions: Bad Jazz
Sunday, March 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Women in Music: The Daphnes & Syrinx Effect
Thursday, March 12, 2026 @ 9:00pm – 11:55pm (PDT)
Egan's, Seattle, WA, United States
Syrinx Effect, Kate Olson and Naomi Siegel's electroacoustic duo, is teaming up with harpist Monica Schley's new project, The Daphnes, to present an evening of new music.
$10
Racer Sessions
Sunday, March 15, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions
Sunday, March 22, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Vibratory Empathy
Saturday, March 28, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of Butoh/sound improvisation with noisepoetnobody (modular analog synth) and Vanessa Skantze (Butoh) + special guests Thunder Grey Pilgrim.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Lim + Watras + Vu +Poor
Sunday, March 29, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An exciting musical collaboration teams up chamber music greats Michael Jinsoo Lim (violin) and Melia Watras (viola) with jazz artists Cuong Vu (trumpet) and Ted Poor (drums) to perform an evening of new written and improvised music.
$10-$20
Racer Sessions: Volcano Pinnacles
Sunday, March 29, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Julio Lopez
Sunday, April 5, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Carmen Rothwell
Sunday, April 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Christian Pincock
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Inverted Space Ensemble / Washington Composers Forum
Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Onur Dülger – radicalOtherness
Whitney George – Burning a Name with Black Edges
Michal Raymond Massoud – Like you mean it
Scott Rubin – Torn Cubist
Nick Vasallo – When the War Began
Whitney George – Burning a Name with Black Edges
Michal Raymond Massoud – Like you mean it
Scott Rubin – Torn Cubist
Nick Vasallo – When the War Began
Free
Sipping and Song: Fundraising Event at Matthews Winery
Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Matthews Winery, Woodinville, WA, United States
Join Bellevue Chamber Chorus for an evening of rustic elegance in the Barrel Room at Matthews Winery in Woodinville!
$50
Racer Sessions
Sunday, April 26, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Whatcom Weird (local experimental showcase)
Thursday, April 30, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Falling Up Stairs, Rubix Shoes, Mindmeld, Twin Sibling, Ego Eimi, illogicians.
$5-$8
Music for electric guitar, piano & electronics
Friday, May 1, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Cristina Valdes (Seattle), Giacomo Fiore (San Francisco), Rocco DiPietro (Columbus) w/WWU musicians.
$5-$8
Percussion, free improv, chamber music & electronics
Saturday, May 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Eve Beglarian (NYC) w/WWU musicians, Beauty School (Bay area), Steve & Melanie Sehman (B’ham) and Simon Hutchinson (Missoula).
$5-$8
CONSTELLATIONS: Senior Composition Recital
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening dedicated to new sounds and new experience.
Gustin – String Quartet No. 1
Gustin – Spirit
Gustin – Constellations
Gustin – A. Borealis
Gustin – String Quartet No. 1
Gustin – Spirit
Gustin – Constellations
Gustin – A. Borealis
Free
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